Sylvester Stallone Readying Rambo 5

Confirming news originally reported back in January, Nu Image/Millennium Films has greenlit a fifth installment in the Rambo franchise, with Sylvester Stallone starring and directing just as he did with 2008’s Rambo. According to Variety, the film’s storyline “revolves around Rambo fighting his way through human traffickers and drug lords to rescue a young girl abducted near the U.S.-Mexico border. Production will start in the spring.”

The 2008 film grossed $42.7 million domestically/$113.2 million worldwide from a budget of just $50 million.